SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

Write the following in Scientific Notation. Select the correct answer inside the box below.

1.) 150, 000, 000, 000 meter = ____________________ distance of the earth to the sun

• 1.5 X 10^-11

• 1.5 X 10¹⁰

• 1.5 X 10¹¹

• 1.05 X 10¹⁰

384,400,000 meters = ________________________ distance between the earth and the moon

• 3.84 X 10⁷

• 3.844 X 10^-8

• 3.8 X 10⁸

• 3.844 X 10⁸

4, 543, 000, 000 years = ______________________ age of the earth in years

• 4.543 X 10⁹

• 4.543 X 10⁸

• 4.5 X 10⁹

• 4.543 X 10^-9

7,800, 000, 000 people = _____________________the population on Earth

• 7.8 X 10¹⁰

• 7.8 X 10⁹

• 7.8 X 10^-9

• 7.08 X 10⁸

0.000000027 meters = _______________________ diameter of an atom

• 2.7 X 10⁹

• 2.7 X 10^-8

• 2.7 X 10^-9

• 2.07 X 10^-9

0.0000010 kilometer = _______________________ length of 1 mm

• 1.0 X 10^-7

• 1.0 X 10⁶

• 1.0 X 10^-5

• 1.0 X 10^-6

0.00000001 meter = ________________________ equivalent to 1 nanometer

• 1.0 X 10⁸

• 1.0 X 10^-9

• 1.0 X 10^-8

• 1.0 X 10^-7

8760 hours = ________________________________ number of hours in one year

• 8.76 X 10³

• 8.076 X 10³

• 8.76 X 10^-3

• 8.76 X 10²

0.000000000106 nanometer = ________________diameter of a hydrogen atom

• 1.06 X 10¹⁰

• 1.06 X 10^-10

• 10.6 X 10^-11

• 10.6 X 10¹¹

186,282 miles per second = _________________speed of light in a vacuum

• 186.282 X 10⁵

• 1.86282 X 10^-5

• 18.6282 X 10⁴

• 1.86282 X 10⁵